[Directly from 100 Business Coaches] What is a 'Workplace Where New Hires' Eyes Die Within One Month of Assignment'?

Late April. Have you ever seen new employees, who should have joined with full of hope, with "dead eyes"...? Have you witnessed such a scene? Around this time, as the tension of a new environment gradually subsipates, workplaces see a polarization between new hires overflowing with "desire for growth" and those who rapidly fall into "diminished motivation (dead eyes)." Why do new employees lose their sparkle within just one month? The results of a survey of 100 professional business coaches revealed the cold fact of "lack of communication" that frontline managers must confront. ## More than half of managers have "zero awareness" of new hires' SOS signals – a dangerous wall quietly eroding the organization. How much of a risk to the entire organization does it become to overlook the small voices and behaviors new employees exhibit? We delve into the truth from the perspective of coaches. ### ■ Survey Results: The Reality Proven by Numbers ※Overview Survey Target: 100 current business coaches Survey Method: Online questionnaire survey Survey Conductor: Superior Inc. Survey Period: March 2026 ### ■ Why Do Eyes "Die" Within One Month? ### 1. What Deprives Motivation is Not "Lack" but "Lack of Listening Skills" According to the survey, about half (45%) of coaches cited "lack of listening skills from superiors" as a reason. This was followed by "neglect and indifference" (30%). From the coaches' perspective, the background to new hires reaching their limit with "I can't do this anymore" is deeply related to the sense that their superiors "don't listen to me" or "are leaving me alone." ### 2. The Manager's Involvement is More Important Than the New Hire's Aptitude "New hire's aptitude" and "deficiencies in the training program" are not major factors. In other words, what saves new hires is not "hiring better people" or "creating better programs," but "the current manager becoming able to listen to the new hire." ## Managers' Fatal "Insensitivity" Even more serious is the low awareness managers have of the SOS signals new hires are sending.